Physical Activity Reduces Compensatory Weight Gain After Liposuction 13 June 2012

Physical activity reduces compensatory weight gain after liposuction 13 June 2012

Abdominal liposuction triggers a compensatory possible compensatory visceral fat growth and the increase in visceral fat, which is correlated with potential health risks associated with a liposuction cardiovascular disease, but this effect can be procedure," said Benatti. "Additionally, health counteracted by physical activity, according to a professionals are encouraged to recommend recent study in the Journal of Clinical exercise training as an intervention following Endocrinology and Metabolism, a publication of liposuction surgery." The Endocrine Society. More information: The original article, Liposuction is one of the most popular aesthetic "Liposuction Induces a Compensatory Increase of surgery procedures performed worldwide, but its Visceral Fat which Is Effectively Counteracted by long-term impact on health remains unclear. Physical Activity: A Randomized Trial" appears in Previous studies have shown that the immediate the July 2012 issue of JCEM. decrease in body fat following liposuction may affect body composition and metabolic profile by triggering feedback mechanisms of body fat regain. The current study investigated the effects of Provided by The Endocrine Society liposuction on body fat distribution and whether physical activity could prevent fat regain.

"We found that removing adipose tissue from the body, as liposuction does, may result in a decrease in total energy expenditure and compensatory growth of visceral fat which is associated with heart disease," said Fabiana Braga Benatti, PhD, of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil and lead author of the study. "The good news is that exercise training was effective in counteracting this compensatory growth. If someone chooses to undergo liposuction, it is very important, if not essential, that this person exercises after the surgery."

In this study 36 healthy women underwent a small- volume liposuction of the abdomen. Two months after the surgery, the women were randomly allocated into two groups; one group was put on a 4-month exercise program, and the other was not. Liposuction was effective in reducing subcutaneous abdominal fat, but after six months the group that did not exercise showed a significant ten percent increase in visceral fat and decreased energy expenditure when compared to study participants who exercised.

"We believe patients should be informed of the

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